ENGL 90
Shakespeare
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Entry-Level Writing requirement. Not open for credit to English majors or students with credit for course 150A or 150B. Survey of Shakespeare's plays, including comedies, tragedies, and histories, selected to represent Shakespeare's breadth, artistic progress, and total dramatic achievement. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Actual Class: English 91c He isn't amazing, but he isn't terrible. This class wasn't that great to me, and in my opinion, a lot of the work fell on the shoulders of the TA's as the professor didn't do much other than give us a brief biography of each of the authors and point out a few passages he thought were interesting.
Actual Class: English 91c He isn't amazing, but he isn't terrible. This class wasn't that great to me, and in my opinion, a lot of the work fell on the shoulders of the TA's as the professor didn't do much other than give us a brief biography of each of the authors and point out a few passages he thought were interesting.
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Winter 2024 - Professor Watson is one of the most knowledgeable and passionate professors that I have ever had the pleasure to take. He LOVES Shakespeare and it rubs off onto you! I am an aerospace engineering major, who is just trying to complete a GE, and I found myself loving every single lecture. Watson doesn't have slides, his lectures are him standing in front of us, speaking the whole time. He gives us a printed handout and we will use that for the lecture. Watson is extremely entertaining, he'll read in funny voices, he comes dressed up to class, one time when reading a death scene, Watson completely faked his death and was on the floor. I have NEVER been bored in this class and found myself looking forward to attending each lecture. Now, for the class portion of the class. I have not read a single play, I will admit. As said before, I am an aerospace engineering major, I do not have time to read a new play each week. However, just from going to lecture and discussion, I fully know what has happened in each play and have felt as if I have read it. I watched a couple of analysis videos of the different plays we have read before the midterm and got an A on it. However, if you HATE literature, do not take this class. I have always had an interest in this subject, so I found it all fun. But if you can not stand anything literature related, not the class for you. But personally, I absolutely adore this class and Professor Watson.
Winter 2024 - Professor Watson is one of the most knowledgeable and passionate professors that I have ever had the pleasure to take. He LOVES Shakespeare and it rubs off onto you! I am an aerospace engineering major, who is just trying to complete a GE, and I found myself loving every single lecture. Watson doesn't have slides, his lectures are him standing in front of us, speaking the whole time. He gives us a printed handout and we will use that for the lecture. Watson is extremely entertaining, he'll read in funny voices, he comes dressed up to class, one time when reading a death scene, Watson completely faked his death and was on the floor. I have NEVER been bored in this class and found myself looking forward to attending each lecture. Now, for the class portion of the class. I have not read a single play, I will admit. As said before, I am an aerospace engineering major, I do not have time to read a new play each week. However, just from going to lecture and discussion, I fully know what has happened in each play and have felt as if I have read it. I watched a couple of analysis videos of the different plays we have read before the midterm and got an A on it. However, if you HATE literature, do not take this class. I have always had an interest in this subject, so I found it all fun. But if you can not stand anything literature related, not the class for you. But personally, I absolutely adore this class and Professor Watson.
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